The Hague, Netherlands, 20th March 2012 PRESS RELEASEDutch engineer is the first man in history to fly like a bird with selfbuilt wingsEngineer Jarno Smeets (31) is the first man in history to have made a successful short flight with his self-built wings modeled on the movement and structure of real bird wings. Assisted by an electronic system of his own design, Smeets took off from the ground in a park in The Hague last sunday 18th of March 2012. The flight of an estimated hundred meters lasted about a minute, after which Smeets landed safely.VIDEO link to testflight:http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GYW5G2kbrKk&list=UU7W2f5n5vYfM7TYVir3iPGw&feature=plcp Wii controller & HTC smartphone Until now people had assumed that it was impossible to fly with bird-like wings using human muscle power. Smeets designed his own system to solve this problem, using two Wii controllers, the accelerometers from a HTC Wildfire S smartphone and Turnigy motors. This combined mechanism provided Smeets with extra power to move ...

Hawaii Theatre Student Matinee Seriesand the Department of Theatre + Dance, University of Hawaii, Manoa presentby Marion Lyman-MersereauSept 16, 17, 18, 19 all at 9:15ampre-k - 6th GradeTickets $5. 1 teacher free for every 20 students! For Group Reservations: 791-1310Hawaii Theatre1130 Bethel St., Hon. HI 96813 | hawaiitheatre.com Box Office: 528-0506HTC OHANA! Performances Fri, Sept 19, 7pm, Sat, Sept 20, 2pmThe HTC Education program is made possible in part through generous support from ABC Stores, Ananda Fund Hawaii of the Hawaii Community Foundation, Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation, City and County of Honolulu, E.H.W. Broadbent Foundation, Friends of Hawaii Charities, Halekulani Corp., Thomas J. Long Foundation, Matson, State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, through appropriations from the Legislature of the State of Hawaii or grants from the National Endowment for the Arts